Ballygunner
Ballygunner
Baile Gunnair | |
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Civil Parish | |
_(geograph_4570343).jpg) Ballygunner Castle is a 17th-century house that incorporates elements of an earlier castle | |
  Ballygunner Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°13′15.35″N 7°3′7.31″W / 52.2209306°N 7.0520306°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Waterford |
Ballygunner (Irish: Baile Gunnair)[1] is a civil parish in County Waterford, Ireland. It lies on the southern outskirts of Waterford city.
The placename is derived, in part, from the Old Norse masculine personal name Gunnarr.[2]
The civil parish of Ballygunner contains several townlands, including Ballygunnercastle, Ballygunnertemple, Ballygunnermore, Ballymaclode, Callaghane and Knockboy.[3] Ballygunner Castle, a 17th-century country house that incorporates elements of an earlier castle, is located in Ballygunnercastle townland.[4][5]
Amenities within the parish include the local hurling club Ballygunner GAA, the adjacent St. Mary's National School and the 19th/29th Waterford St Mary's Ballygunner Scout Group.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Baile Gunnair / Ballygunner", logainm.ie (in Irish), Placenames Database of Ireland, retrieved 25 November 2025
- ^ Oftedal, Magne (1976), "Scandinavian place-names in Ireland", in Almqvist, Bo; David, Greene (eds.), Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress. Dublin 15-21 August 1973, Royal Irish Academy, pp. 125–133
- ^ "Sub-units of: Baile Gunnair/Ballygunner". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Ballygunner Castle, Ballygunner". antaisce.org. An Taisce. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Ballygunner Castle, Ballygunnercastle, Waterford". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Fáilte go Scoil Naomh Muire, Baile Mhic Gonair | St. Mary's National School". www.ballygunner.ie. Retrieved 29 November 2016.